Malcolm Campbell sets a new auto speed record of 272 mile per hour at Daytona Beach, Florida. English racing motorist Malcolm Campbell seated in Blue Bird car. He drives the Blue Bird on a sandy beach. Spectators along the beach. A tire of the car is changed. People push the car. Campbell sets a new record of driving at 272 mile per hour. He smokes surrounded by people.
A car race on the Daytona Beach Road Course in Daytona Beach, Florida. Cars parked at the beach. Spectators gathered to watch the race. The racing cars driven on the racing track. Water splashes as the cars are driven through water. A flag bearer declares the finishing of the race. Milt Marion is declared as the winner. Milt Marion in the racing car.
Various winter vacation activities of tourists West Palm Beach railroad station in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. Board hangs from the roof and reads 'West Palm Beach'. Train pulls into the station. A train signaling device. People wait on the platform at the station. Redcaps or train station porters unload luggage from the train. Porters and chauffeurs carry luggage in a trolley. Tourists move on the station platform. The chauffeur carries two bags to a car. Woman sits in a car.
The ocean liner SS Manhattan (later USS Wakefield) runs aground off West Palm Beach in Florida, United States. Scenes from January 12,1941: People at a beach. USS Wakefield (Manhattan) in the background. During her third voyage to California the ship runs aground off West Palm Beach, Florida. A sign on the ship: 'Manhattan United States Lines'. Coast Guard personnel save the passengers of the ship.
Stock car race in Daytona Beach, Florida. A large crowd of spectators gathered at the Daytona Beach Road Course. The stock car race begins. Some cars meet with accidents and crash and roll during the race.
Graphic: "This film is restricted". Group of industrial smoke stacks emitting smoke and pollution. Aerial view of Hoover Dam. Large power lines coming from Hoover Dam. View of George Washington Bridge in New York City with traffic. Aerial view of early highway interchange. Aerial view of Manhattan, New York City and New York City skyline. Aerial view of smoggy city with railroad switching yard in foreground. Early highway crowded with car traffic. People wading in water at the beach. People looking out from high vantage point. 1939 World's Fair Trylon and Perisphere. Interior view Grand Central Station or early Penn Station railroad train station. Porters and travelers walking in train station. View of Egyptian ruins and pyramids. Ruins from 300 BC. Moving timeline graphic depicts dates of modern advances in geometry, arabic numerals, physics, and industrial revolution with electricity, chemistry, railroads, telegraph, and automobiles. Factory with smoke stacks, pollution, and view of a large grain elevator. Foundry with sparks flying. Line of turbine generators. General Electric company building with GE logo on top. Dr. Irving Langmuir works in a lab at the plant demonstrating creation of thin films of oil in a pan. View of Noble Prize won by him for his research about the basic structure and behavior of molecules. View of non-reflective glass demonstrated on General Electric meter. Scientist with beakers and test tubes. Scientists in laboratory and looking through microscopes.
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